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Soothe ‘great resignation’ squeeze on staff with a supportive workplace

11/08/2021

The story is unfolding day to day, but America’s normally robust health care employment environment appears to be getting squeezed by the exodus of workers across the country, a phenomenon being called the “great resignation.” Practice employers should acknowledge that this is probably not a transitory trend, and now is the time to take steps to improve retention and avoid costly hiring waves.

Navigate billing differences for coming principal care management codes

11/08/2021

by: Julia Kyles, CPC

Principal care management (PCM) may be more attractive to practices than traditional care management in 2022. The transition from temporary HCPCS codes to permanent CPT codes (99424-99427) includes new add-on codes that will allow practices to increase the revenue they receive for this service.

Audit, monitor, train: Stay compliant as OIG spotlights modifier 25

11/08/2021

by: Joe Rivet

Pay attention to your billing of E/M services and a minor procedure at the same encounter, because federal auditors are taking notice. In April, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) added a new item to its Work Plan titled “Dermatologist Claims for Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services on the Same Day as a Minor Surgical Procedure.” Despite the title, the application and overall concern about this concept is much broader than dermatology.

Patients asking for vaccine exemptions? Stick to medical facts

11/08/2021

by: Roy Edroso

Question: We have had some patients calling for an appointment to “get a COVID vaccine exemption.” They seem to have jobs that mandate their vaccination. Do we need to tell our doctors anything? Should we prepare some kind of form?

It’s official: New epidural policies will go live before the year ends

11/08/2021

by: Julia Kyles, CPC

Practices that perform intralaminar and transforaminal epidural injections to manage chronic pain should add “Implement the new local coverage determination (LCD)” to their to-do list.

Monitor revised CPT codes that take changing descriptors in 2022

11/08/2021

by: Richard Scott

Get ready to sharpen your claims billing when the calendar flips to 2022 by adapting to a slate of CPT code revisions. Of the hundreds of CPT code changes taking effect Jan. 1, you’ll find 93 revised codes, many of which are impacting oft-reported services.

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